BORN HULL 1893. SON OF DANIEL & EDITH A SMITH AT 28, GREEK STREET, HULL, (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). A RULLEYMAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/11/1914, AGED 21 YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS. A DRIVER IN THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3 INCHES TALL, 120 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, A SCAR ON HIS FOREHEAD. HE WENT ABSENT TWICE FROM DUTY, ON 14/03/1916 AND 20/05/1916, AFTER BEING WARNED OF SERVICE OVERSEAS. APPREHENDED BY THE CIVIL POLICE IN HULL. HE RETURNED TO DUTY ON 05/07/1916. POSTED TO BASRA, ON 06/11/1916. DIED OF DYSENTERY AT TANOOMA HOSPITAL, ON 28/01/1917, AGED 24. SERVED 2 YEARS AND 81 DAYS.
UNMARRIED. HE LEFT BROTHERS, ALMA VINVENT SMITH AND HARRY ROWLAND SMITH. SISTERS, LILLIAN, HILDA, AND ELIZA.
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
23692
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
28/01/1917
Place died:
Basra War Memorial, Iraq
Age:
24
